KOCHI: On finding irregularities, 30 ration shops were shut down in the state. In Ernakulam, the highest number of ration shops were shut down-12. Meanwhile, Thiruvananthapuram heads the list for the number of ration shops whose license where temporarily revoked-76. This information is there in the documented reply to KOCHI MLA J.J. Maxi.

A total of 662 shops in the state had its license revoked. Civil Supplies Department has taken actions against 12,515 ration shops for irregularities, selling the provisions in black-market and other such wrongdoings. Cases were registered against ration shops as per the Kerala Rationing Order.

Rations shops facing action

(District, number of shops, shops whose license temporarily revoked)

Thiruvananthapuram: 1862, 176

Kollam: 987, 64

Pathanamthitta: 576, 45

Alappuzha: 1117, 53

Kottayam: 758, 50

Idukki: 628, 0

Ernakulam: 1254, 63

Thrissur: 1040, 66

Palakkad: 944, 63

Malappuram: 1243, 36

Kozhikode: 909, 21

Wayanad: 318, 5

Kannur: 498, 8

Kasaragod: 390, 12